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Seven Sisters

The seven sisters of north-east India are Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Tripura, Assam,
Manipur, and Mizoram covering a huge area of 2,55,511 square kilometres. The interdependence of
the states and their geographical features gave rise to the title of seven sisters of India.

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1 The tribal communities of Garo,

Khasi, and Jaintia are from the
state of ____________.

2 ____________ is one of India’s
largest bamboo producing state.

3 The ____________ Monastery,
located in Arunachal Pradesh is
the largest monastery in India and
second largest in the world.

4 The capital of Mizoram is
____________.

5 Kamakhya temple is situated on
____________ in Guwahati, Assam.

6 ____________ is the chronicle of
the kings of Tripura written in 15th
century.

7 The official language of Nagaland
is ____________.

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The majority of the seven sisters of India have international
Rajmala, English, Aizawl, Meghalaya, boundaries (Myanmar, Bangladesh, China and Bhutan).
Tawang, Nilachal Hills, Manipur

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